# gås
## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɔːˀs/, [ˈɡ̊ɔˀs]

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans, cognate with Swedish gås, English goose, German Gans, Dutch gans. The Germanic noun derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”), which is also the source of Latin ānser, Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn), Lithuanian žąsìs, Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá).

#### Noun

gås c (singular definite gåsen, plural indefinite gæs)
* goose

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

gås
* present tense passive of gå
* infinitive passive of gå

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”); cognate with English goose, German Gans.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɔːs/

### Noun

gås m or f (definite singular gåsen or gåsa, indefinite plural gjess or gjæser, definite plural gjessene or gjæsene)
* a goose

#### Derived terms

* gåsehud
* gåsunge
* kanadagås

#### Related terms

* gasse (male goose - a gander)

### References

* “gås” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse gás f (nominative and accusative plurals gæss), from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns, probably of imitative origin.
Germanic cognates include Icelandic gæs, Faroese gás, Elfdalian gą̊s, Danish and Swedish gås, German Gans, German Low German Goos, Dutch gans, and finally English goose. Indo-European cognates include Albanian gatë (“heron”), Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn), Hindi हंस (hans), Latin ānser, and Lithuanian žąsìs.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡoːs/

### Noun

gås f (definite singular gåsa, indefinite plural gjæser, definite plural gjæsene)
* a goose
* an imbecile (especially female)
* (botany) rot in a tree caused by a fungal infection

#### Inflection

Historical inflection of gås
indefinite singular
definite singular
indefinite plural
definite plural
Aasen$^1$
Gaas
Gaasi
Gjæser
Gjæserna
1901
gaas
gaasi
gjæser (gjæsar)
gjæserne (gjæsane)
1917
gås
gåsa, gåsi
gjæser, gjæsser
gjæsene, gjæserne, gjæssene, gjæsserne
1938
gås
gåsa [gåsi]
gjæser
gjæsene
2012 (current)
gås
gåsa
gjæser
gjæsene
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. $^1$Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. :

#### Derived terms

* dverggås
* eskimogås
* fagergås
* grågås
* gåsauge
* gåseblom
* gåsefeitt
* gåsegang
* gåsegg
* gåselever
* gåsespove
* gåsunge
* hanngås
* hawaiigås
* hønsegås
* kanadagås
* keisargås
* kortnebbgås
* kvitkinngås
* mortensgås
* polargås
* raudhalsgås
* ringgås
* skoggås
* smørgås
* snøgås
* stripegås
* svanegås
* sædgås
* tundragås
* unggås
* villgås
* ølgås

#### Related terms

* gasse m (“a gander (male goose)”)

### References

* “gås” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* såg

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡoːs/

### Etymology 1

From Old Swedish gās, from Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”). Cognate with English goose, German Gans, etc.
In the other senses; referring to the goose ability to float on water.

#### Noun

gås c
* a goose
* (as product) a lump of butter that float on top the cream during churning
    Synonym: smörklump
* (dated, as dish) butter flavoured with salt and given pleasing form, to be served as spread
* (dated) a sandwich
    Synonyms: smörgås, macka
* (slang, often with weak declension) a joint (marijuana cigarette)
    att röka en gåsto smoke a joint

##### Derived terms

* gåsapåg
* gåsdun
* gåse
* gåsflock
* gåsflott
* gåshane
* gåshanne
* gåshud
* gåskarl
* gåslever
* gåsmarsch
* gåsmiddag
* gåspenna
* gåsvaktare
* gåsägg
* gåsögon
* gåsört
* gässling
* mårtensgås

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

gås
* passive infinitive of gå
* present passive of gå

### References

* gås in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

### Anagrams

* såg